Pegasus Launches
Pegasus News — long awaited in the citizen media community — has launched its news site. I’ll be watching with interest
Senior Citizen Buffet
They could not make it to the regularly scheduled buffet but ate that night at a similar buffet because that buffet's senior citizen group was stranded. My grandma is great: she is 89, lives in a house, has 2 indoor cats 4 outdoor cats
Citizen Reseller and eBAy vs Big Day Out
Remeber I said that not only media will be affected by Web 2.0 technologies handing power across to the consumer. I think this little problem has been building since Web 1.0 and will only get worse:
Should this fellow grace a Raleigh park?
Josephus Daniels. Old Josephus Daniels, editor and publisher of The News & Observer from 1894-1948, was a rabid racist. He led the forces that restored white Democrats to power in North Carolina, and installed Jim Crow,
"Citizen News Service" Launch
Check it out today: http://beta.newstrust.net/ We're just starting to tinker with this new interactive, trust-based and free news service. It's
The Chickens Have Roosted: Council’s Environmental Credibility Gap
One of the chief criticisms of the new Downtown Development Initiative (DDI) is that the Lot 5 building is setting a poor precedent for what is yet to come… Councilmember Jim Ward tried to put the brakes on Council’s pellmell acceptance
Carrboro’s New Media Experiment
There’s been a small discussion over on SqueezeThePulp about the declining efficacy of local media outlets in covering our community. I suggested that new media outlets will soon move into this long fallow territory - intensively
The Overcoat Photo Behind the Scenes
I thought about the title of my first best-selling self-help book on male-female Venus-Mars relationships: Women Like to Chat, Men Like to Photograph Their Penis). A Year Ago on Citizen of the Month: Neilochka Leaves His Apartment
Tis The Season
A mother convinced Rock Hill police to arrest her 12-year-old son after he unwrapped a Christmas present early. The boy’s great-grandmother had specifically told him not to open his Nintendo Game Boy Advance, which she had wrapped and
Roots of Good Government: Part-time, Citizen Legislature
A part-time, citizen legislature is a good thing –much like a perennial plant. It bears good fruit and then goes away until the next season. Sending men and women home to their regular jobs, to their families, to their neighbors and to

Schwarzenegger proposes creating citizen panel to draw voting districts Los Angeles Times
Schwarzenegger's third proposal for political remapping would let local elections officials select a citizen panel to shape boundaries.
KL City Hall Spares Senior Citizen's House From Demolition Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6 (Bernama) -- Sabirin Tahir, 72, has struck a sympathy chord in the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), which decided to spare the senior citizen's house from being levelled to pave the way for a highway project.
Applications for city's Citizen Police Academy are due Dec. 27 Salem Statesman Journal
The Salem Police Department will begin its 18th Citizen Police Academy on Jan. 3. The free academy offers a look at services, resources, policies and procedures in law enforcement. Most classes will be from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays. There will be two Saturday sessions.
Citizen Corps gets new members The Natchez Democrat
VIDALIA — The Concordia Parish Police Jury named new board members to the Citizen Corps Board at Monday’s meeting. Among other things, the corps helps train volunteers to be able to react in different areas in case of a disaster.
Eden - choose your citizen Eden Daily News
The Eden Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for its annual Distinguished Citizen of the Year award until Dec. 15. The five-member Distinguished Citizen of the Year committee will meet Dec. 18 to decide on the award recipient.
Liberal leader Dion also French citizen Reuters via Yahoo! News
The man who wants to become Canada's next prime minister, Stephane Dion, holds both French and Canadian citizenship but he insisted on Tuesday his loyalty was to Canada alone.
Public Citizen Asks Judge to Require FEMA to Submit a Plan to Comply With Recent Court Order to Assist Hurricane Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Public Citizen today asked a federal judge to force the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to stop dragging its feet and provide a plan to comply with the court’s order last week to restore housing assistance benefits to thousands of evacuees from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Yahoo and Reuters launch citizen journalist portal Infomatics
Yahoo has teamed up with Reuters to launch a portal aimed at collecting media from 'citizen journalists'. Yahoo will collect the images and video, while Reuters will distribute some content to its print and broadcast customers.
Sun taking nominees for 2006 Citizen of Year award The Yuma Sun
The Sun is once again seeking nominations for its annual Yuma County Citizen of the Year award. The deadline to submit nominations for the 2006 award is 5 p.m. Dec. 11.
Governor wants redistricting by citizen panel Orange County Register
But Democrats are reluctant to change the way district lines are drawn.citizen: citizen watch , ottawa citizen , citizen watch , ottawa citizen , citizen